>> HAVING CROHN'S REALLY HASN'T AFFECTED MY SOCIAL LIFE. LIKE I SAID, MY FRIENDS ARE VERY UNDERSTANDING, AND DATING, LIKE THE GUYS ARE VERY UNDERSTANDING TOO. >> MY CURRENT BOYFRIEND I'M WITH NOW, I'VE BEEN WITH HIM 4 YEARS. I MET HIM IN COLLEGE. I MET HIM RIGHT AFTER I HAD MY THIRD SURGERY, SO THAT WAS RIGHT AFTER I WAS PRETTY SICK FOR A WHILE. >> WHEN I MET MY HUSBAND 3 YEARS AGO, I ENDED UP -- IT TOOK ME ALMOST 8 MONTHS TO TELL HIM THAT I HAD COLITIS. HE WAS ALWAYS WONDERING, WHY DID I HAVE TO USE THE RESTROOM A LOT? WHY COULDN'T I EAT A LOT OF STUFF THAT THEY WOULD EAT? AND IT CAME TO A POINT THAT I ENDED UP TELLING HIM, AND HE WAS, LIKE, REALLY SUPPORTIVE. >> OTHER PEOPLE I DATED, I KIND OF JUST TOLD THEM, "YEAH, I TAKE MEDICINE, AND I HAVE THIS DISEASE, AND THAT'S ABOUT IT." THEY WERE LIKE, "OH, YEAH, YOU KNOW." >> IT IS SOMETHING THAT I DO BRING UP, BUT NOT UNTIL I'M, I GUESS, SERIOUS WITH THAT PERSON. I MEAN, I DO MENTION IT, I DO SAY, "I DO HAVE CROHN'S, AND IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, I WILL CERTAINLY ANSWER THEM." AND WHATEVER THEY NEED TO KNOW I WILL LET THEM KNOW. AND SO, IF THEY WANT TO STAY, THEY STAY. IF THEY DON'T, THEN THEY'RE NO GOOD FOR ME.